The sources of previous thermodynamic property values are detailed for cadmium and some compounds of cadmium that might be expected as derivative from anthropogenic introduction of cadmium into the environment or are required for calculation of thermodynamic properties of cadmium-containing systems. Included are descriptions of the sources of information and methodology used to obtain the values for these compounds reported in the NBS series of publications loosely and collectively referred to as the NBS Thermodynamics Tables. ©1998 American Institute of Physics and American Chemical Society.